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This arrogance, if such it is, flows from the challenge Disney believes it can uniquely meet: to entertain everyone, of every age, from every land. Walt Disney proved that this was possible with his first cartoon features and his first theme park. To aim for every taste is to sacrifice tang -- the movies and parks can lack edge; the thrills may be as flat as the main courses in some of the specialty restaurants. But it is a noble goal, beyond commerce or compromise -- especially today, in an age when every form of pop culture has at least as many...
...Brand awareness in childhood is brand preference in adulthood," she said, citing the popularity among children of Old Joe, the cartoon mascot of Camel Cigarettes...
...millions of kids out there as sick of Ducktales and The Flintstones and My Little Pony as we were," he recalls. "We" were his partners, Jim Smith and Bob Camp, and his girlfriend Lynne Naylor. All were in their early 30s and had served time on Saturday- morning cartoon shows. What the world needed now, reasoned Kricfalusi & Co., was the anarchic vulgarity of the Three Stooges and the comic timing of old Warner Bros. cartoons, plus a dash of Monty Python lavatory humor. In 1989 they formed a shoestring company called Spumco...
Although most of the film sticks to animation, Bluth attempts to incorporate a few scenes a la who Framed Roger Rabbit? where he integrates the cartoon characters with real-life images. But when compared to some of the technical animation wonders of the past few years (including Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Little Mermaid), Rock-a-Doodle is remarkably dull...
...cartoon is a musical , but the soundtrack lacks luster. Even Glen Campbell's voice cannot redeem the tuneless, beatless songs. The grade of animation is maybe one step above Saturday morning cartoons but nowhere near the vivid imagery of Beauty and the beast...